Eksempler på bruk av ordet great i setninger på engelsk.
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My great-great-great-great-great grandfather was a bricklayer and died in seventeen seventy-four, at the age of forty.
Min oldeoldeoldeoldefar var murarbeider og døde i syttienoghalvfjerds, i en alder av førti.
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Even though great men flatter themselves with their great accomplishments, they're rarely the result of great planning, but more often of mere chance.
Selv om store menn smigrer seg selv med sine store prestasjoner, er de sjelden resultatet av stor planlegging, men oftere av ren tilfeldighet.
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Tom's great-great-great grandmother lived in Scotland.
Toms tipp-tipp-tipp oldemor bodde i Skottland.
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The father of a father is a grandfather, a grandfather's father is a great-grandfather, a great-grandfather's father is a great-great-grandfather, but no word has been decided upon for the generations before great-great-grandfather.
Faren til en far er en bestefar, en bestefars far er en oldefar, en oldefars far er en tippoldefar, men det er ikke bestemt noe ord for generasjonene før tippoldefar.
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One fine morning in spring along came the great-great-granddaughter of the man who had built this house.
En fin morgen om våren kom oldebarnet til mannen som hadde bygget dette huset.
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It was the great lung-power of Caruso that made him a great singer.
Det var Carusos store lungekraft som gjorde ham til en stor sanger.
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Alfred, King of England, was a great scholar as well as a great ruler.
Alfred, konge av England, var en stor lærd så vel som en stor hersker.
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Our great-great-grandmother died the day after my elder sister was born.
Vår oldoldemor døde dagen etter at min eldre søster ble født.
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A great Empire, like a great Cake, is most easily diminished at the Edges.
Et stort imperium, som en stor kake, er lettest å svekke i kantene.
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A third cousin is the great-granddaughter of the brother or sister of a great-grandparent.
En tremenning er oldebarnet til broren eller søsteren til en oldeforelder.
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The Great Depression triggered a great surge in crime.
Den store depresjonen utløste en stor bølge av kriminalitet.
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Great buildings, like great mountains, are the work of centuries.
Storslåtte bygninger, som store fjell, er resultatet av århundrer.
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She became a great-great-grandmother just days before turning ninety-nine.
Hun ble oldoldemor bare dager før hun fylte nittini.
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Besides being a great statesman, Sir Winston Churchill was a great writer.
I tillegg til å være en stor statsmann, var Sir Winston Churchill en stor skribent.
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It must be great to be tall. "Do you think so? It's not really that great. You keep bumping your head on the ceiling.
Det må være flott å være høy. "Tror du det? Det er ikke så veldig flott. Du støter hodet ditt i taket hele tiden."
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In addition to being a great statesman, Churchill was a great writer.
I tillegg til å være en stor statsmann, var Churchill en stor forfatter.
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I often say a great doctor kills more people than a great general.
Jeg sier ofte at en stor lege dreper flere mennesker enn en stor general.
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Holmes is a great pipe man as well as a great detective.
Holmes er en flott pipemann så vel som en stor detektiv.
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Tom is the great-great-grandson of John Jackson.
Tom er tippoldebarnet til John Jackson.
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There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
Det finnes ingen stor talent uten stor vilje.
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